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Vintage Kenner Luke Stormtrooper orignal vs repro helmet comparison

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Luke Stormtrooper 

The Vintage  POTF and Tri-logo 1984 Luke Stormtrooper is a tough figure to pick up  clean and complete with the original helmet.  The gun is also a tough piece to find and is often not identified correctly.

DSC05897Reproduction helmets are available for this figure and often are not identified correctly here are examples of an original compared to reproduction helmet.

 

The original is always right on the tour panels below.  On first inspection and form from front a neat perfect match.  The reproduction  forth backside has a distinct circle  with a triangle above it. DSC06145DSC06143

From the top  the original has a faint mold EP mark dead center. the repro does not.

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Heres the repro on a figure compared to s custom made helmet form a vintage stormy head. It was cut off  and drilled out,- Its a great looking fit to a custom Luke Stormy. !

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Lastly  the original gun, note roundish front and a smooth barrel –  no dents. DSC05897

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Han Solo white molded legs did you know there is more than one ?

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If you are a collector or new to collecting Star Wars you need to check your Han Solo figures. The Vintage Kenner Han Solo was first released as a small head figure. And you may have one twice as valuable if you have white molded legs.  Pegged the “pinhead” figure. He can be found with several COO versions. The White molded legs was an early production change to the figure. Legs painted black, molded in white. Take look in his peg holes on the bottom of the feetswfigvars116cover.  He can be found on  two different  COO versions.

From my guide ” Vintage Kenner  Star Wars  Action Figure Variations of North America..

 

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Jabba The Hutt Playset, green box with 3 POTF figures

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One of the hardest to find playsets to track down in the vintage Star Wars universe. It is special for he 3 rare figures it contained and its exclusivity to one distributor.

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The green box POTF Jabba the Hut Dungeon Playset, an exclusive of JC Penny’s in the US.

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Included in the set were three of the hardest to get figures, Amanaman, Barada and EV9D9, all in Kenner baggies.  The base for the playset  is the same base for the more common red box version.This version contained Klaatu Skiff, 8D8 and Nikto.

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FX-7 have you ever really looked close at the different heads?

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Have you ever taken a good look at FX-7  and compared the differences in his heads and also his body,  There are some distinct differences of note is also the length of his neck, color of his eye. Did you also know his arm can swivel around his body?

More details included in the breakout of each figure and variant details.

Check out more in my guide to Vintage Star Wars Action Figure variations.

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Han Solo Vintage Kenner 1977 small head hair colors

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han solo small heads

Han Solo with a  small head has been known  to have two head  variations  for a long while. But did you know he found with two different COO marks.  These guys  also have distinctly different color hair, a dark brown and  more reddish brown.

Han Solo Small heads comparison of dark brown and brown hair versions. - left 1C right 2C
Han Solo Small heads comparison of dark brown and brown hair versions. – left 1C right 2C
Han Solo COO markings
Han Solo COO markings

Not only that he also can be found with both solid legs, as well as white legs (check the foot pegs.

All the vars. of Han are shown in the figure guide.

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swfigvars116coverNew Edition of  Vintage Kenner Star Wars Figure variations of North America  now available for download

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The new update includes numerous  revisions to figures, and figure images. .

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Boba Fett Kenner Chest color variations

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DSC06729 copyBoba Fett is one of the most popular Vintage Star Wars  Kenner Action Figures, I recall getting mine delivered to the mailbox after sending in the UPC’s  in late 1979.

Here are the Boba’s Taiwans, Hong Kongs, Ledys and Palitoys, Its not the coo I want to point out but the variety of chest colors that have been found.

DSC03156Boba Chest Colors. #2a Light Olive #5 Dark Olive #1C Leaf Green #1A Army Green #3B Forest Green #7 green    

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Vintage Kenner Darth Vader No coo or date markings

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A recent acquisition and a new addition to my Figure guide.  It was  from a collection of mostly late ROTJ era figures, in the collection were numerous no coo vars, guessing from Trilogo cards.  I am not sure if this is a first shot or actual just another of the numerous marking vars. It has a thicker cape and similar chest plate  and head as most HK marked figs. Shown as I found him  torn cape and no saber.

please share your thoughts. Not sure how to define this yet.

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I was asked if it was a Top toys. no – The Top Toys Darth has no coo or date although this is not a Top toys figure , it has the holes in the feet as any other figure would.